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Pretending

from When I was a Bird by Stepha Schweiger

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lyrics

Pretending
Words based on „There was a Child Once“ by Katherine Mansfield

There was a child once.
He came to play in my garden;
He was quite pale and silent.
Only when he smiled I knew everything about him,
I knew what he had in his pockets,
And I knew the feel of his hands in my hands
And the most intimate tones of his voice.
I led him down each secret path,
Showing him the hiding-place of all my treasures.
I let him play with them, every one,
I put my singing thoughts in a little silver cage
And gave them to him to keep…

It was very dark in the garden
But never dark enough for us. On tiptoe we walked
Among the deepest shades;
We bathed in the shadow pools beneath the trees,

Pretending we were under the sea.

Once near the boundary of the garden
We heard steps passing along the World-road;
O how frightened we were!
I whispered: “Have you ever walked along that road?”
He nodded, and we shook the tears from our eyes….
There was a child once.
He came quite alone to play in my garden;
He was pale and silent.
When we met we kissed each other,
But when he went away, we did not even wave

Pretending we were under the sea.

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from When I was a Bird, released May 29, 2020

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2023 Heroines of Sound Festival, 2022 The Moon Is No Door - band release - tour, 2020/21 When I was a Bird - album - maxi single, 2018/19 Now I'm a Plant, 2017/18/19: The Mark on the Wall - music theatre wp, 2018 musikprotokoll Steirischer Herbst. Avant-garde composer, pianist, electro, singer/songwriter, industrial, conceptual, krautrock, free jazz, psychedelic, postpunk, spectral, natural tuning ... more

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